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SUSAN SHEPHERD, MIT junior majoring in Biology




Major: Biology

College: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year of Graduation: 2011

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Brief Biographical Sketch:

Susan Shepherd hails from Fresno, CA.

She studied hard in high school and was admitted to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology two years ago. After graduation, she plans to marry a particular good friend of hers, write sci-fi or fantasy books, do research on biology or hormesis theory, and / or teach.

Susan has taught poetry and Sindarin classes for Splash in 2007. In Spring 2008, she taught an HSSP class on evolution. That summer, she taught two classes: Drawing 101 and Disasters: What's the Risk?, which covered the basics of pencil sketching and informed students about various kinds of natural disasters, respectively. Last term she and Naomi Hinchen co-taught a writing class.

She hopes that by now she has worked out the kinks, and plans to continue teaching.



Past Classes

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A History of Life on Earth in HSSP (2008)
From the Creation of the Known Universe to Ancient Rome, this course follows the evolution of life from the beginning ...


A History of Life on Earth in SPARK (2008)
From the Creation of the Known Universe to Ancient Rome, this course follows the evolution of life from the beginning ...


Good Poetry in SPARK (2008)
This class aims to give high school and middle school students a chance to hear good poetry and speeches read ...


Introduction to Poetry in SPLASH (2007)
Are you interested in poetry, but never had a chance to read good poems in school? Bored with poetry but ...


Learn Tolkien's Elvish in SPLASH (2007)
Due to interest in the subject, we will be running a second class! If you liked the books, the movie, ...


Learn Tolkien's Elvish in SPLASH (2007)
If you liked the books, the movie, or the assorted paintings that have been done based on J.R.R. Tolkien's world ...


Poems for Fun in SPLASH (2007)
Haikus can be fun But sometimes they don't make sense Refrigerator - Author Unknown Looking for poems to bring a ...